The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 2, 1902, Page 15

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TH!I SUNPAY CALL, <l P The Portldles Fisherman the Rrtists Rave. had temper. One day when 1 went to a neighbor's/ house near our place my mother came In and eald, ‘Where's Emanuel? in fun 1 hid behind a chalr for a minute, only a little minute, and 1 would have come out. Then she would bave laugheli As she always dld when [ teased her so. But this time she had temper, too, so when I came out laugh- ing she struck me on the face, so. Then 1 went home. I did not ery, but'you see I had temper lke her, so I take all my clothes and get ready to o away. Then my mother she cry and cry, but that was no good then. I had temper and [ had to go, so that night when everybody went to sleep I jumped down the win- dow and got to the dock, where I knew a whaleboat would sall the first thing in the morning, 'The mate say all right, tor I was a strong boy and would make a good hand, so next morning before any TR — w oo 3w & e one knew I had gone we salled away. [ Y guess my mother feel pretty bad then, t'. but I don’t know, I never go back and i she never write,” Bighteen times has BEmanuel been around the world, elghteen times has he pursed within sight of the little ialand Tercelrn of Portugal. Once he mado up his mind to land and see the old home » und his tempered mother once more, but : hia captain had & lond of smuggled to- bacco on board se of course could not venture near shore. Another . story % which Emanuel tells, and which they say 4 6 al, for he has been over thres Y years telling It and there are still a few chapters to come, s about the mutiny on ard the old whaler Valkyrie when he i was fourth mate. Bometimes he will get up and act how he led the mutiny, how t hie lafd out the first mate with the handle of a blubber-knif€ and how he made the captain come to terms. "I was strong as a whole crew then, and they did not dare to put the Portuguese in chains," he will iy 13 nanuel gave up whaling and came to Californin as one of the ploneers here in the early days. He made his fortune and lost it when the old Adams Bank here went wrong, Sometimes, when the old § model thinks of those days, he looks as if he might still have temper—'"But we | Iynched that cashier; he never had a good time on the money It seems four min. ers, one of them old Bmanuel, had depos- jted thelp money i this bank, which was very soon afler vacaled by all the of. folals, andghe Manes. din. Bk tbe cash- fer was the only one that proved unfortur nate euotigh to be eaught, The others es caped, However, two years later they found the president of the bank, but he had been married in the meantime and g0 they let him Ly baby b had a p g0, aye the old fellow imanuel eertalnly knows how (6 entey (Aln; his slories ave always worth lisien fng ta. No wonder the boye eonsider him Euch an important featire of the quartsr @ lttle room which he oecuples s a sity, One day, having nothing else f il @ good Wit of mischiaf 18 thaly )apds, the class st aboil Lo decorate the gatdel'n “houdolr,’ an they call 1t A8 the tonseguanes of thin wholesale decoaration Vimnnuel's room 18 covered with a il ylous mab of averything, from ballet girle o the Venus da Milo; from aketohes of Wmunuel himself (o pastel studle of trees, Marines, landecapes and fignres run fot on the walle, celling-<even on the baek of the door, Over his cot Emanuel keeps hie hats, some large, some small, all kinds and ‘stzes; most of them ware given him to pose In, but he wears them all the snme, ymetimens appearing on the sireet with a sombrero, sometimes a it tle derby, that site on his head 1ike a Wil jlam Tell apple, Conts there are, too, all Kinde, but as most of them have besn do nated and ¥ shouldered they are rather a snug fit, hut nantiel 8 unusually bromds iittle does Bmanuel care, for ha Knows judging from all the hundreds full wal Jf pletures of himeelf that staré at him wherevor he goes, thut he in his type Is one of the most pleturesque models In San Iranelsco. Y W ) Do you want an evening paper with a OLD EMANUEL JOSEPH-THE PORTUGULSE MODEL. dash of philosophy, & short conversation in Greek and a good look at the modern v it pel, came up and showed him a work; one has to remain In many dim- Jupiter, all for a nickel? Well, It |s yours NIOHOLOS THEODOUEENITIS—THE GREEK “JUPITER.” Emanuel Josey pletur t he hnd made. “Dios mio, it cult poses, until the tired muscles ache for the taking, and a bargain, too, Very E ¥ IgUeRe WA m ng there with my hat off, with a strain, But Emanuel falls in few people know the Juplter is here and perhaps the art students and the Latin old fellow takes a brisk walk to the CIff Willlam, and next the precious photos wh f - "t oA u 1ittle while pefore,” wuch plcturesque attitudes that are at I8 holding court down on Market street, cuarter could not boast one of the finest House and back as an appetizer graphs of himself are these letters treass . ! Denner” "w Miwv«mv nothing of art the wame time o natural he escapes near the Palace Hotel, where he seolls models in the world to-day Nidhalos 1o 96 Sedid of ‘ake. Soin o Pratd; urln;;]m X DI R i K rig f roartsts the Portuguese at once be- many of the hardships of model life. papers for a lving But he Is; It you @14 Jupiter, or the photograph man, as a small place not far from Athens, the twean noses at the studios 18 to amuse with v v his 1ong e much interestod; he wanted to When it first hocame known in the artist don't helleve it, look at his picture. 1 ho )4y call him, 1s an odd bit of humanity; #ame, by the way, that gave birth to the the students’ with impersonations—not of . T'here keteh, 1oo; It looked w0 eamy, #o he tried world that the boys in the quarter had isn't Jupl then he I8 a reincarnnted , philowopher from heel to crown, caring Orginal Jupiter. His first education was Greek gods this time, but of modern g1 ant thiee hand. but when he took the pencil somee captured a gem of a modol the old bulld- Homer t the greatest compliment that ,,ught for 4noney, naught for friends, &leaned in Athens, where he graduated notables. Not a word of English can he tudent quarter that stands how It refused to work, then his respect Ing was besleged with demands; every can be paid him Is to recognize without |1¢ for food or clothes. His one fall- from the colloge. He was then trained r‘!:'l‘:'-'.k..';.‘v”::n:h:::rrf:u‘vll‘:;”:::}- .,l,::‘nh:: than the discovery of for the strangs looking boy who had made Grtist wanted to borrow him, In a word, being fret told that he resembles the ing {s his abnormal craving for admira- f0r & professional runner, and at the ye™ PR WO FEEHTE He claps his ) for mine he wa t the stubborn pencil obey him went up Emanuel was famous. That was three former. tion, and that is his life. To tell him Present.time this old Greek challenkes punde together to attract attention. . eed, no; he has been (wo 1 later when this same boy Years ago, and since that timo there have 7hig quaint bit of humanity called the (hat he looks like Jupiter I8 to win his ANY man over 40 years to outrun him Washington, he will announce, assuming " ' aye, whaler, & ;’A‘, " ' f he would like to Ko home :"Iv'- "]“ \ tints, stude ”"‘I o I"‘“ 0D roak philosopher has an odd fancy based everlasting regard, Awk him for a photo ,IHI-I-" lnI AR e i o. From Lyl g iy “"'H"]‘:'-"’ ”*ln';'?;‘:r“r':';;; [ t som w fate want wi tm and be a model all the tims he blers that have not reproduced his fnce - ¢ ewslonal runner he became a model for so an do v of namer £ ne be watohed her sald all right, though he wa “"‘“’" 'l‘l” na wonder it is the, most "“””“‘I“”‘I" ER: mdr bip b g T“:m v:“hl'lln:llk::r“":vl:lrl'lll,::‘ “:,I.M,,II'"”‘::S". seulptors and painters in the city of goes through the gestures supposed to be when he wa what model meant the olty does resemble the plefures of Jupiter, 1¢nd you his la ¢ "9 Athens, nnd here ho first learned that he characteristic—they are certalnly amus- When the World's Exposition was in ses- Dero ever enjoyed the photographle crise resembled Jupiter. e claims that nearly ing. His ry pose Is & ploture, but birthda e b ' H v nd out, however, for when Tiverywhera there are sketches of him; 0 o) oee during the year 1898 Nich- mere than does this old Greek, who vends every statue in Athens has his figure and when It comes to Impersonations they . I\“m ed ‘ v renched the old place, where his home @very studio has st least half a dc olon Theodoueenitis-hied him from claswie Papers for a living “‘h""I"':"I*',‘":"‘*‘fl ':"* rmll;; |'x'“:""::;.: T«]Lv'h'v.»;: possess no merit wlnu.«vn: fs, Down In the b bt eghiiagyios, . paon i ipasmpn v Allhagprsdist el o : y : bty oy plotured fe w of Juplter, Through th One of Nicholos' hest-kno v : R T v ‘““\ ‘ “\"’.‘ ,’“”rbv“x“ ‘Alv‘n’r\“; :'“ u’ re Inn r an exhibition or a d Athens to this country, ‘wlx re he con- In |hnh:u||.u‘n|:‘.||ln: 1":1;1”;‘“]:# h:u ‘|‘|IM.' remarkablo resemblance his photogTAPRS, to ;‘“" f“ \:':’\': “‘”"””“:L‘w:ht-r:l:”:: oot b iy \ of any kind that a wketeh or a pufnting templated pursuing the very oddest of coat he has bundies and packages, all 8- i jy gujd, hecame the rage in (Greece. posing for & few hours he is paid the Ao number coming in with that living plcture of this model ts not submitted, Aftor al- odd voeations—that of Impersonating the curely wrapped; photographs, all' sizes There he was lloniked, feasted and show- ougtomary fee he will accept it and walk room off the hal by hie wide they knew what it meant and most K1 years of comparative oblivion kKods of anclent CGreece, That he was And shapes, and these are always carrled ered with varlous honors. King Otho of gut, but in & short time back he will ' g ot | hout of weloome. Before he Kmanuel his “arrived,” and his “areival fuirly successful In this at the World's With him, He scatters them about the Greece at one time presented him with & come bearing some little faneitul bit, gon ppens 40 1o 10 8 jenew whiat was happening the old fellow s all due to that youns senius with long Fair 18 evidenced by the fact that he waw #tudios, gives them to the atudents and Medile Which he save ho did not wosspt: erally artisto, and say: “A present, & 4 Il ahout | was belng posed this way and that; one halr who sketehed along the water front glyen mueh Newspaper notorlety. sh to everybody, anywhera and everywhere for hiw heauty was not an accomplishs present,” Hometimes this generous spirit ‘ g8 whint hand o0 g ) ran out for A moment and three i AR 3 R :. pirk o ity b f BAL PUFDONS N0 ONe KNOWS, Unlens 1t e, LA il move him Wheh MeUing DOpers. Semng ' nd w L I Wree yours ago nttery, and into his pocket came no for what purp WH, uniess Emperor Willlam of Germany, hearing day, should you buy of him, you need » returned with an assortment ot hats wnuel 16 a great old chap, say the ®mall amount of money, A wonderful '8 to Immortalise his face, All his spare of his fame as n model, sent an artist to not be astonished to haye the sesond profe nul model outs and bl kdnde of model paraphor- hays with whom he llves, He onn tel] o man'' sald Chicago, - However, when he money woes to the photographer, Aside Athens with (he request that a pleture paper thrust into your hand and th J nalla, which they hafl him (ry on one by sen yarn with any onej he oan sing a tied to educate the visitors at the Mid- from this Nieholos 18 rational, although mIEht he made of him, The request was nickel refused, Nioholos saying, "No, no < M it e Wmannel by this tme was not quite Portugucse love song with his own ao- Winter Falv into admivers of Greek gods |t 1& wald by those who know him that :":llllm:Iru‘v:I\I.YI:II-:X|Lll-ltr:;:‘ll\ltl-m.-“‘l:u:“null ‘u“v present present,” 1 ..u“u <:..‘| 0, for | J KO OraRyY, but A e danee & brenkdown, and on ralny daye AbIY to same climatio Influence, the Call After the manner of a few ather philos: '""They do not appreciate art heve,'’ (he there are to be no explanations. He glves " swnrmed around him oand he found hime when the boye are not working he gen- fornia people’ preferred taking s camel aphers, Niehelos does not sleep on a hed; &8ys. In fact (hey do not knoW Jupiter hecause the spirit moves him, heoause he g down on the gelf "I in every eenge of the word he erally doek all of these, There In he 1lde down the streets of Calra or an ex: he has & far more simple method—that of When they see him. Hoon, WHER he has valies money as naught, and then, too [ paw o strange at Juet declded (hat there wie really no old studio where Tavernler, Viegll Wil- hilarating whirl on the seenio rallway to pleking out a soft Epot on the floor of his :‘_“f:finf;‘l,,‘:““h“‘.‘.l:‘I".::‘ur‘l‘ul;uhlpl;: ;n.l:m.m Iwh:wa ‘:“ o e Vl"m; — apor Wing oy working away for dear Iife danmer and the novelty wag worth (Fying iiame, Jules Pages, and later Peters, Btan- StUAying a 1ving example of the olaeslos, bure 1ittle Foom, FOlling Up 1n iR 00RE, now wrliten I COreelt, DUt Lo b6 {ramee man on the Sommee ke tedly nresen s eneil ¢ per. Notlelng (hat he for awhile especially after they gave him (on, Latimer and many others of oup hest Greek gods were a fat fallure 10 Ban and without blanket or plllow proceeds to fated Into idnglish, he will return to his them with & ift, At v rate Nieholos I hie way Binaniel of oaurse four hite an hour to &1t sl Mmanuel known artieie have held jinks, the boys Vranelecs, and, though pleturesque old (pke "nature's sweet restorer.’ His tead beloved Athens, where a brother b years 15 one of the qualntest models that ever ante . " was heing done, so el chickles over the joke of any one econgregate arouid & roaring fige and Nieholos 18 far too courteous to say so, is one of Wie least eonsiderations=a bit OF A8, (he only remalning member of the drifted 1 the human tide, dnd perhaps 1« #a Young man, are paying him (o rest, as he terme it ooax Kmaniel into telling A story. One and It he did not one of us In a thousand ¢y bread and eheese for his lunch, some- |oMiY, 18 dwailing Wi, 1o his pockets wheu fe has returned (o Athens he will tying 1o b me? . Then the 1 always worked for my money he- of his favorites s how he left home ever would comprehend his Greek tongue, he \imes nuts and frult oF soup for Bl din= fim o pasket be etiere o cbott With be betier apyrwelated, the photographs i fellow, who, from Tmanucls tells fore, bt now when 1 am old and cannot seventy vears ago and has never set foot thiuks that this ik a Jay town. However, ner, Happy man! His menu and his 15 o yellowsd sorap with @ signature of be pieked ::.’ 'd Licaaared. for lotee Wil Ine beautiful 1ong halr, & lowing tle, work they pay me to stop working. on hig native land einee, It 18 an 1l wind that blows nebody good, househeld duties cause hind little worry, Lngland's grand old man, Willlam Glad: surely never be auother Jupiter in our no doubl wore & little gold palette on Being a model I8 not always such easy "You see, it was all this way=I had a liad not his falf venture proved a fallure When not posing or seiling papers this stone| also the slignature of Wmperor midst

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